Math

[AbigailZeke]

I just got into some sort of argument with someone on Facebook because my answer to this statement:

Is 16.
And hers is 1.

What do you think?

 

[Test_F_i_2_Luv]

2(2+2) is all a "number" that 8 will be divided by. Gotta do the math there first so we know what 8 is to be divided by.

When I was in h.s., we were taught "My Dear Aunt Sally" for the order of operations...X / + -

 

[BruceWayne]

Pretty sure it's 16

I guess she did 2x4 then 8/8

 

[Tintin]

I just got into some sort of argument with someone on Facebook because my answer to this statement:

Is 16.
And hers is 1.

What do you think?

BEDMAS

Brackets
Exponents
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

You're correct, Abing. The answer is 16.

 

[BruceWayne]

I just asked a teacher I know. 16

 

[Tintin]

I just asked a teacher I know. 16

Good stuff! Maths isn't my forte at all, but I remember BEDMAS from my school days. I just double-checked with my brother who is pretty good in the maths and sciences and he also says the answer is 16.

 

[BruceWayne]

Good stuff! Maths isn't my forte at all, but I remember BEDMAS from my school days. I just double-checked with my brother who is pretty good in the maths and sciences and he also says the answer is 16.

Yeah that's what I remember, but its been so long I started 2nd guessing myself haha.

 

[Test_F_i_2_Luv]

BEDMAS

Brackets
Exponents
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

You're correct, Abing. The answer is 16.

Why aren't we treating parenthesis like brackets?

 

[AbigailZeke]

Ahh, thanks! I was starting to think there were 2 answers to this lol. The FB page that posted it, majority of them answered 1 because, MDAS they say. But Google says 16 so I got confused.

 

[Fenner]

I saw 16 in the replies, so I answered 16.

Answer this: Joan has 500.00, she wants to buy 250 watermelons. Then she wants to take a train from Mexico to South Dakota to meet her on line boyfriend of 8 year's, whom she's never Skyped, talked on the phone, seen a picture or emailed with. How long will it take Joan's train to scale Donald Trumps proposed wall?

 

[Angela_grace]

16 is definitely the answer. It would be 1 if it was 8/(2(2+2)). Yep yep

 

[MollyConnor]

You are right Abing.

Order of Operations says so.

 

[Tintin]

Haha! I think Melita voted for Cookies.

 

[melita916]

Where are the cookies? Lol

 

[Tintin]

Where are the cookies? Lol

Sorry, I ate them.

To be fair, you have a fiance.
And I have cookies.

 

[jsr1221]

BEDMAS

Brackets
Exponents
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

You're correct, Abing. The answer is 16.

I was taught PEMDAS. Parenthesis. Exponents. Multiplication. Division. Addition. Subtract. 2+2 is in the parenthesis, so that'd be 4. You times the other 2 with that now 4 which is 8. Then you divide 8 by 8 which gives you 1. That's if it's followed by PEMDAS.

 

[Tintin]

I was taught PEMDAS. Parenthesis. Exponents. Multiplication. Division. Addition. Subtract. 2+2 is in the parenthesis, so that'd be 4. You times the other 2 with that now 4 which is 8. Then you divide 8 by 8 which gives you 1. That's if it's followed by PEMDAS.

Interesting. We use Brackets in Australia.

 

[zeroturbulence]

16 is definitely the answer. It would be 1 if it was 8/(2(2+2)). Yep yep

This is true.

 

[Addison]

I don't have a Pro account so I can't show each step on this.

But yeah, here's your definitive answer:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=8/2(2+2)

Great site to bookmark Abbey in case you've never heard of it.

 

[AbigailZeke]

Interesting. We use Brackets in Australia.

Yeah that's a little confusing. I call them parenthesis () when I was growing up. But here people call them brackets which I've always thought were []